1959

Timeline

Gigantis, the Fire Monster half-sheet poster

1958 ← 1959 → 1960

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age

BCE: 30,000 • 8000 • 4th millennium • 1100 • 218

Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749

1800s: 1804 • 1805 • 1850 • 1851 • 1853 • 1862 • 1875 • 1881 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900–1999

'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

'10s: 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

'30s: 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000–present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2031 • 2034 • 2035 • 2036 • 2039 • 2041 • 2042 • 2043 • 2045 • 2046 • 2047 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• Atami Castle is opened to the public.
• Minoru Yoshida is born in Chiba, Japan.
• Rodan is released in Argentina, Colombia, Belgium.
• The Mysterians is released in Yugoslavia.
• The H-Man is released in Australia.

March

• 3 March: The Giant Behemoth is released in the United States.
• 7 March: RKO Pictures, the studio that produced the first two King Kong films, is dissolved.

April

• 1 April: Rodan is released in France.
• 24 April: Norman England is born in San Mateo, California, United States.

May

• The Mysterians is released in the United Kingdom by The Rank Organisation.
• 21 May: Godzilla Raids Again is released in the United States under the title Gigantis, the Fire Monster.
• 27 May: The Mysterians is released in the United States.
• 28 May: Columbia Pictures releases an edited English-language version of The H-Man to American theaters.
• 29 May: The Mysterians is released in Canada. The H-Man is released in West Germany.

June

• 5 June: The H-Man is released in France.
• 19 June: Godzilla Raids Again is released in Canada.
• 20 June: The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly is released to Hawaiian theaters.

July

• 6 July: The H-Man is released in Canada.
• 30 July: Rodan is released in Norway.

September

• The H-Man is released in Italy.
• 9 September: Asahi Sonorama is founded.

October

• Eros Films releases a shortened version of The Giant Behemoth in the United Kingdom, retitled Behemoth the Sea Monster.
• 12 October: The Mysterians is released in Brazil.
• 21 October: Ken Watanabe is born in Kitauonuma, Niigata, Japan.

November

• 1 November: The Three Treasures is released in Japan.
• 2 November: The H-Man is released in Sweden.
• 19 November: The Giant Behemoth is released in Mexico.

December

• 2 December: The Mysterians is released in France.
• 11 December: The H-Man is released in Finland.
• 26 December: Battle in Outer Space is released in Japan.

In fiction

• Two giant, fire-breathing dinosaurs, dubbed "Gigantis" and "Angurus," attack Japan. (Gigantis, the Fire Monster)
• An unknown object possibly linked to high levels of toxic lead in Washington, D.C. waters is captured on sonar. (Godzilla, 2014)
• At the height of the Cold War, aerial photography taken from a Russian spy plane reveals a huge containment facility established around an ice cap in Siberia. The Monarch symbol can be seen emblazoned across the canopy of the structure, which turned out to be a seemingly empty MUTO nest. In the 1970's, the outpost would be abandoned. (Godzilla: King of the Monsters / Godzilla: Aftershock)
• Bill Randa, his wife Keiko, and Lee Shaw travel to an abandoned facility in Kazakhstan. There they discover an underground chamber which houses dozens of Endoswarmer eggs. (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters)

References

This is a list of references for 1959. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

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